cantor

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Recent Examples of cantor They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder. Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024 The film centers around a grieving cantor (Jason Schwartzman) helping his former educator study for her Bat Mitzvah, but to define the plot so plainly does a disservice to the true idiosyncratic nature of the piece. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024 The piece invokes the singing style of a synagogue’s cantor, who often sings many notes over a single syllable. Jane Levere, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Jason Schwartzman stars as a recent widower, unable to fulfill his duties as a cantor at an upstate New York synagogue. Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cantor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
Noun
  • The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • Possessing perfect pitch, Voigt joined the Chicago Symphony Chorus as a soprano, and the chorus’ famed conductor and director, Margaret Hillis, enlisted Voigt to teach sight singing, or reading a piece of music vocally to fellow choristers.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Jackson estate has repeatedly denied abuse accusations made against the late singer, who was acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005.
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • The 25-year-old singer— who is under Natanael Cano’s record label Los CT and Peso Pluma’s Double P Management— has quickly become a force in the new wave of corridos tumbados, amassing more than 50 million monthly Spotify listeners.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
  • On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The band's original vocalist, Lou Gramm, stewarded the group throughout its chart-topping run from 1976 until 1990, before returning for another stint behind the microphone from 1992 until 2003.
    Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • Richard was a vocalist in the trio known as Diddy — Dirty Money from 2009 to 2011.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.
    Quartz, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022

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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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